// TimeStamp.java
//
// (c) 1999-2001 PAL Development Core Team
//
// This package may be distributed under the
// terms of the Lesser GNU General Public License (LGPL)


package pal.misc;

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;


/**
 * keeps track of program runtime
 *
 * @author Korbinian Strimmer
 */
public class TimeStamp
{
	//
	// Public stuff
	//

	/** create object and start timer */
	public TimeStamp()
	{
		startDate = new Date();
		startTime = startDate.getTime();
		stopDate = null;
	}

	/** stop timer */
	public void stop()
	{
		stopDate = new Date();
		stopTime = stopDate.getTime();
			
		runSecs = Math.round((stopTime - startTime)/100.0)/10.0;
		
	}
	
	/**
	 * report on runtime
	 *
	 * @param out output stream
	 */
	public void report(PrintWriter out)
	{
		if (stopDate == null) return;
		
		out.println("Date: " + startDate.toString());
		out.println("Runtime: " + runSecs + " seconds");
	}
	
	//
	// Private stuff
	//
	
	private double runSecs;
	private int status;
	private Date startDate, stopDate;
	private long startTime, stopTime;
}

